ARPost

MARCH 9, 2021

Microsoft Ignite was a three-day conference that took place virtually on YouTube, Microsoft.com, and in Altspace from March 2-4. Surprisingly, there was little at the conference directly related to HoloLens , Microsoft’s mixed reality headset. It’s pretty mind-boggling, but that’s the world that we’re building.”.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Microsoft unveiled an experiment this week that explores the future of always-on virtual reality. DreamWalker: created by Microsoft researchers Jackie Yang, Christian Holz, Eyal Ofek, Andrew D. Wilson, Image courtesy Microsoft Research.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

Between 360 video, virtual reality, and augmented reality, I think augmented reality has much bigger opportunities,” Asher said. It’s a great hybrid between the real world and the virtual world.”. Image/Video Credit: Adobe . “It’s not as bulky. “We will definitely be there.”

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Two-time GRAMMY Award winning artist William Patrick Corgan is teasing us with a music video for his new VR experience. The 2-D preview version is for Corgan’s new VR video “Aeronaut,” a single off his recently released solo album “Ogilala.”. The video and VR experience was directed by Viacom NEXT’s David Liu and Rob Ruffler.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Combining spatial computing with the Internet, the Metaverse seeks to seamlessly connect the digital and physical worlds and transform online interactions. Evan Gappelberg, Chief Executive and Founder of Nextech AR , said in an interview with XR Today that metaverse solutions would “bridge virtual, hybrid, and in-person experiences.”

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Road to VR

AUGUST 28, 2017

Microsoft debuted the lengthily-named “Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers” back in May, but until now we haven’t had a chance to actually try them out. During a recent meeting with Microsoft in San Francisco, I got to try the VR controllers for the first time paired with the Acer Windows VR headset.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Educators are using virtual worlds, but not in the way they had used them in the past, and not in the same numbers. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference is a good example that showcases this work. Those educators that remain in virtual worlds are leveraging them to create better experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2020

Everyone can create his online meeting spaces; It lets you customize your avatars; It lets you import in your virtual world whatever you want : Youtube videos, web pages, 3D models from Sketchfab, etc… If it is online, you can import it in Hubs. Promotional video of the features of Hubs in AWS (Video by Mozilla).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2019

Frontal view of the device (Image by Microsoft). The biggest news of the MWC for what concerns XR has been for sure the announcement of the HoloLens 2 by Microsoft. Image by Microsoft). Together with the HoloLens 2, Microsoft has also announced a new version of the Kinect, called Kinect Azure. Video from Cathy Hackl).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

A virtual event platform is a cross-industry, fully web-based solution that enables event organizers and exhibitors to leverage the potential of digital gamification to design engaging, online events without incurring conventional logistical overheads. Benefits of Virtual Event Platforms.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

This week, Microsoft Teams will debut AR filters from social media platform Snap giving its massive enterprise user-base access to fun virtual environments to dial in from. The project partners will debut more than 20 AR filters to help dispersed Teams users to stay engaged during a video call. Users must select this option.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2022

At the event taking place both in Las Vegas and online from 12 to 16 June, Vection will introduce updates that give Webex users immersive collaboration features such as virtual world-building tools to strengthen modern hybrid working routines.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Next week, Microsoft Ignite 2023 will kick off, where the leading computing firm will showcase its latest innovations over a two-day schedule, which covers the firm’s comprehensive product portfolio. Hightens Hololens Use Cases In late October, Microsoft highlighted new features in its Dynamics 365 Guides Version 9.0

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I joined BISim in 2009 after seven years of working in engineering positions in video games companies. Navy as well as Apache helicopters using real-world cockpits with “out of the window” virtual world rendering. Hello Otakar, can you please introduce yourself to my readers? Otakar Nieder (Image by BISim).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 21, 2023

Moreover, the firm’s CEO noted that thanks to the NVIDIA launch, international learners can stream Immerse’s virtual worlds “from any computer through NVIDIA’s virtual servers.” Additionally, Microsoft Azure, a cloud service provider, is the only international access point for the cloud-based PAAS.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For years, Microsoft Mesh for Teams has promised companies an opportunity to create richer, more immersive collaborative experiences. Since then, however, access to Microsoft Mesh for Teams has remained relatively limited until now. Here’s your guide to using Microsoft Mesh for Teams. What is Microsoft Mesh for Teams?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2020

Valve has shared more details and gameplay videos about Alyx. This week, we had tons of materials and news coming : First of all, Valve has released 3 new gameplay trailers, plus one long 9-minutes gameplay video made in partnership with the popular magazine IGN. 2 Weeks left to the great day of Half-Life: Alyx.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. VR-Enabled Online Shopping Experiences VR creates an immersive visual environment, including 360-degree videos, photos, product demos, and complex experiences using devices such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In the future, users will access the Metaverse, a unified space integrating multiple virtual worlds on an interoperable platform. Regarding technologies, the Metaverse will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), the internet of things (IoT), and hand and eye tracking tools.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. There is instead a rumored partnership with Samsung , where Samsung would actually build a new XR device and Microsoft offer the platform on top of which the headset may run. Some updates on Meta products. Record VR games in VR format.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 1, 2022

This will be particularly true in the future of the “ Metaverse ” where collaboration tools will allow people to bring avatars of themselves or digital identities into a virtual world for deeper, more meaningful interactions. For instance, Microsoft Mesh works alongside Microsoft Teams and Dynamics Remote Assist.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. After Fortnite started the trend of virtual concerts in virtual worlds, always more platforms started implementing them.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. I encourage you to watch the videos linked below to understand how cool is it.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

All over the world startups are piling into the space marked “virtual interaction and collaboration”. Step forward Cosmos Video , which has a virtual venues platform that allows people to work, hang out and socialize together. Cosmos allows users to create virtual venues by combining game mechanics with video chat.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Microsoft Research has devised two novel methods for more realistic haptic feedback on virtual reality controllers. Microsoft Research’s new experimental controllers bring kinesthetics into the VR space, offering two types of force-feedback applied to fully-tracked motion controllers. They call it NormalTouch and TextureTouch.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

The post I’ve found today thanks to a tweet by Philip Rosedale shows one of these stories about the dark world of Ethereum. Microsoft IVAS program is not doing great. The special IVAS program that Microsoft is carrying on to develop a special version of HoloLens 2 for the US Army is not doing that well. Other news. Learn more.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2020

I think we have to be very cautious now in content creation and value creation and not just jump into that all-virtual world, because there is a craving for physical interactions and kind of going back into kind of, like, less technological solutions or solutions that don’t seem technological.”.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2020

The experience was all in VRChat, but at the same time, there was a physical installation at the Palais Royal in Paris where some people could enjoy the show and then connect virtually to Jean-Michel Jarre asking him questions so that to create a bridge between the real and virtual world. Streaming the background videos.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Use the Metaverse to Unlock New Marketing Opportunities The metaverse is a virtual world in which users, represented by an avatar, can shop, socialize, take part in leisure activities and learn. This is where the metaverse, Augmented Reality(AR) and Virtual Reality(VR), come into the picture.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Many major tech organizations such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are currently working on different types of smart glasses or headsets which are more affordable and widely available to consumers, which will eventually change how we view and interact with the world around us. Infotainment Trends.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 19, 2016

We’re eager to go hands-on with Valve’s new prototype Vive controllers, but these new experiments from Microsoft’s Research division might be even more exciting. As a finger passes over a ball the stick tilts and moves with your hand, simulating the curved shape of the object.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 26, 2022

Shadowlands scenes from the new World of Warcraft expansion. Image courtesy World of Warcraft.). Microsoft ‘s purchasing of Activision Blizzard was the largest sale in the history of video games at US$68.7 “So it makes huge sense for Microsoft to take this approach.” Metaverse talent.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Microsoft announces a VR headset for $299 via PCGamer [link] Microsoft announced a new line of virtual reality headsets today which are much more affordable than others on the market. The headsets will come from Microsoft’s partners including HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer, and will start at just $299.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. The statement by Second Life according to which now people in the US have to start paying taxes on the transactions happening in its world. Register now. Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

NReal Light Devkit Video Review. For everyone of you that doesn’t want to read thousands of words, I’ve prepared a very nice review video about this device. Being the lens transparent, you can see through it both the real and virtual world. Are you ready? Nreal glasses and the Oreo.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 5, 2017

It is a bit of a heated race for Intel, because Microsoft already announced partners working with the tracking technology it developed for HoloLens. This critical technology is a prize for Microsoft, developed over a number of years, and both Facebook and Google (along with many others) are racing to match it.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We’re already seeing key metaverse players coming together in the collaboration between Meta and Microsoft. To continue providing users with seamless software experiences and improved productivity and collaboration capabilities, Microsoft and Meta have teamed up to bring Mesh for Teams to Meta Quest headsets.

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